apron strings
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How do I manage my mother’s anxieties while disentangling myself from her apron strings?
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2019
Only in this frenzied ojyuken world could apron strings stir up such passion.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2018
It was this parent-child relationship, and I think people were just terrified of the apron strings being cut off.
From BBC ● May 23, 2018
She tightened her apron strings and walked over to her stove.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2016
A large woman, barely done tying her apron strings, goes running to the cabin John and Ann Laydon share with two other families.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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